Joe Calzaghe has claimed that 'Strictly Come Dancing' is "a fix".
According to the Daily Mail, the former light heavyweight boxing champion said that producers forced his exit because of an insult he directed at rival dancer Craig Kelly.
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Calzaghe said: "Don't you think it's odd we went out when we were in the bottom for four weeks and the public kept voting for us?
"We had the highest votes every week, the producers told us. Then all of a sudden we lost out in the judges' vote. Something was up."
He added: "I know it's down to something I said about Craig Kelly. It was worse than a swear word.
"They were really angry with me. So you can say it – 'Strictly Come Dancing' is a fix. I don't care, we shouldn't have gone out so early."
Calzaghe also suggested that Phil Tufnell should have stayed in the competition last weekend and that producers were "scared" of offending Laila Rouass, who survived the vote despite her sprained ankle.
A BBC spokesman said that any suggestions that the programme was fixed were "ridiculous" and added: "The judges base their opinion on the quality of the dancing."
